👤 David Rider

2 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
2
2026-09-20 – 2026-10-15
Claims per article
30
61 extracted in total
Hedged claims
8%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,670
characters
Writes for Toronto Star.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
100%
Most-tagged topics
TorontoAMOJamaicanMcMaster UniversityOntarioStarVaughanVote Compass

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
1 scored article; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.25 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-15 · Toronto Star · Politics
Why Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford supporters see Toronto as 'two different cities'
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-09-20 · Toronto Star · Politics
Ontario feared a drop in municipal candidates. Instead, a last-minute rush brought a surprise surge
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-20 · Toronto Star
Ontario feared a drop in municipal candidates. Instead, a last-minute rush brought a surprise surge
🔮 When Shelly Cerrelli realized that her mayor might cruise to re-election with no opponent, she got herself to Vaughan city hall. assertive
2026-10-15 · Toronto Star
Why Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford supporters see Toronto as 'two different cities'
🔮 While revealing who is drawn to the leading mayoral candidates, the popular online voter information tool — a partnership between the Star and Vox Pop Labs — also yielded data highlighting the divide in election priorities for voters in central Toronto versus the suburbs. assertive
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first. Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.
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